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Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Oarsmen at Chatou, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1879, gathers a group of figures along the banks of the Seine at Chatou, with skiffs drawn up at the shore and the river opening out beneath a bright sky, a sailboat and a distant sculler completing the scene. The brushwork is loose and broken, the palette built on luminous blues, soft greens, and warm flesh tones that catch the dappled light of a summer afternoon. Chatou was a favorite gathering place for Renoir and his circle of friends and sitters, drawn there for the riverside restaurants and the easy pleasures of the boating life.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: 1879.
Oarsmen at Chatou, 1879 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Impressionist Boating Wall Art Canvas Print.
A note on this reproduction: this print renders in darker, more muted tones, with deeper olive greens along the bank and softer, less saturated highlights on the boaters' clothing. A brighter, warmer reproduction of this same painting is also available in our collection.